Alebel, Animut http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2822-2062
Wagnew, Fasil
Petrucka, Pammla
Tesema, Cheru
Moges, Nurilign Abebe
Ketema, Daniel Bekele
Yismaw, lieltework
Melkamu, Mamaru Wubale
Hibstie, Yitbarek Tenaw
Temesgen, Belisty
Bitew, Zebenay Workneh
Tadesse, Animen Ayehu
Kibret, Getiye Dejenu
Article History
Received: 8 April 2019
Accepted: 7 February 2020
First Online: 15 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Institutional Review Committee of the College of Health Sciences, Debre Markos University. A permission letter was obtained from hospital administration. Each participant (mother) received an explanation about the purpose of study, and verbal informed consent was obtained from each participant prior to proceeding. The ethical committee formally waived the need of formal written consent since the study was done through interviewing of the mothers. Therefore, the committee declared that this study is less invasive as much as confidentiality is maintained. To ensure confidentiality, all collected data were coded and locked in a separate room prior to the data entry process. After entering of data into the computer, all data were locked by password. Participant names was not included in the data collection format, and the data were not disclosed to any person other than principal investigators.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.